Area
natural Sciences
Sub-Discipline
Biological Sciences
Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (Central House)
- City: Santiago,
- Commune: Santiago,
- Region: Metropolitan Region
goals
Seeks out advanced training in research areas that include understanding the molecular mechanisms involved in the growth and development of microorganisms and the response of animals, plants, fungi, and bacteria to biotic and abiotic signals from the environment. These studies are of national and international relevance, since understanding processes such as tolerance to abiotic stress, resistance to diseases, toxin synthesis and tolerance to environmental toxins is essential to improve human health and to optimize characteristics of interest. productive.
Our graduates have a solid training that allows them to develop in research areas including Bioinformatics, Plant Biology, Systems Biology, Biotechnology, Chronobiology, Microbial Ecology, Molecular Genetics of Fungi, Immunology and Immunotherapy, Marine Microbiology and Bacterial and Viral Pathogenicity.
The use of functional genomics, synthetic biology and systems biology approaches to understand the integration of environmental signals is an emerging area, where our mention is leading at the national level.
Applicant Profile
It must be a student who seeks to obtain advanced training oriented to biological research, through which the student acquires competencies, deepens and expands knowledge, capacities and abilities required for high-level research in biology limited to one of the four established mentions: Cellular and Molecular Biology, Physiological Sciences, Ecology and Molecular Genetics and Microbiology. In addition, they must be in possession of the academic degree of bachelor or master, awarded by Chilean universities. In case of having academic degrees of foreign origin, these must be equivalent to those mentioned.
Graduate profile
To train PhDs in biological sciences capable of responding to the demands of today's society, a competency profile and a curriculum focused on learning is an opportunity for PhD students to achieve autonomy and excellence as current and future researchers.
Lines of investigation
Environmental Microbiology
Immunology and Pathogenicity
Vegetal biology
Bioinformatics, Functional Genomics and Systems Biology
Biotechnology